Tulip Festival

This afternoon we went to the Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival with Grandma & Grandpa Haberle and Aunt Alicia.  The tulips and grounds of Thanksgiving Point were beautiful as always.  We had a great time walking around and talking, and watching Jonah explore everything.  The boys were happy and had a great time.  Afterwards, our little family made our way to the Thanksgiving Point cafe for dinner.  The food was great, and since we were all good little eaters, we decided we could all share one of Thanksgiving Point’s famous banana splits.  It is a little slice of heaven, and enormous.  Surprisingly all of the food actually cost less than the entrance fee to the tulip festival for just Ashley and me…which is probably why we don’t make it down there every year.

Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

This morning we went to our neighborhood Easter egg hunt.  We have a big breakfast with everyone bringing food, then we have Easter egg hunts, where different ages go to different neighborhood yards.  Afterwards the kids all cash in their empty Easter eggs for a fun prize.  At the end of the hunt, there are age appropriate games at many different homes.  It is always a fun event and it is great to spend time as a family and as a neighborhood celebrating the Easter holiday.

Weekend Getaway

Ashley and I went away for a much needed break this weekend to Park City.  Ashley’s sister Alicia was so awesome to watch the boys for us.  We walked around Park City, shopped a tiny bit, slept in, and relaxed.  It was fantastic!  Some of our friends even drove up one of the nights and went to dinner with us.  We had a great time on our much needed break.  We missed our little guys, but made up for lost time by playing with them the minute we got home.

Safe Kids Fair 2014

 

We love to go to the Safe Kids Fair each year.  It is free, it lets kids run around inside during the winter, we learn a lot, and we even win prizes or get free things.  Treven and Ady served as photographers and unfortunately did not think to take any pictures of themselves.  We had a fun time and won prizes and learned.  They had fun things for all of the different ages.  The kids even won some fun activities and some karate lessons.  It was great to get out of the house.

Two Twins Turn Ten

 

I can’t believe it, but my once tiny twins have hit double digits.  It is hard to believe that these healthy big kids were a 3 pound girl and a 4 pound boy on ventilators in the NICU ten years ago.  I have enjoyed every stage and every age of their lives.  Treven is such a great example to his little brothers.  He is always willing to help and he is smart and funny.  Ady is a sweet big sister who is constantly ready to help others.  She does sweet little things and constantly gives gifts to others.  I am so proud of these great kids and all that they have become and the ways they learn and grow each day. 

For their birthday, we went to dinner at Noodles & Co., bowling at Fat Cats, and then we got ice cream at the BYU Creamery.  Ady had the game of her life and scored 140.  Treven also broke 100, and Jonah got a couple of strikes and spares.  Let’s just say that my old high school injury was acting up and I got beat by 3 of my 4 children that night.  The fourth one did not play.  As I stood in line at the Creamery, looking at the different flavors (haven’t been there in years) I kept focusing my eyes to make sure I was reading one flavor correctly.  I kept thinking that it could not be correct, but the font of the board was a little tricky.  Finally I asked out loud, “What on earth is in the Bishop’s Bush?”  A guy in line quickly corrected me and told me that the flavor was actually the Bishop’s BASH!  We all started to laugh and I actually felt relieved that someone was not that careless in naming the flavors at the BYU Creamery.  All in all, I think we had a lot of fun and the kids seemed to have a great birthday.  We love them so much and are so grateful to be parents to these great kids.

Auto Show 2014

 

Once a year, Ashley humors me by going with me to the auto show.  I have only missed two auto shows since moving to Utah at age 5.  It is something that I look forward to, which is odd because I normally don’t like to look at lots of things that I would love to have, but are not really planned out in our budget.  Jonah loved exploring all over the cars.  He literally wanted to “drive” every single one.  He reminds me of myself at that age.  He did not seem to comprehend that it is not really kosher to stand on the seats and hang your head out of the top of a brand new Corvette.  We saw a few vehicles that we would love to have, had some fun, and mostly just explored the show.  We had a great time.  We dreamed of buying some amazing new vehicles before walking back out to the one we own.  We once again realized just how grateful we are to be blessed with all that we have.

Ice Castles

Today we went with some friends to the Ice Castles in Midway.  We had a great time.  We explored all over the Ice Castles and even ate at our favorite Train themed restaurant in Heber.  Jonah is really into trains right now and he was loving life.  We even got a picture with Olaf the Snowman from the recent Disney movie “Frozen”. 

Christmas 2013

   

This Christmas Season was filled with a lot of love, fun, and excitement.  We went to the Christmas tree lot and found our tree.  We spent some time decorating it and the house for Christmas.  We enjoyed the time we had to relax.  Ady did an outstanding job performing in her Christmas dance recital.  We were all spoiled by Santa.  Mostly, we felt the love of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  We felt his sweet, humble spirit in our lives as we reflected on all of our blessings, and as we had the opportunity to give to others.  We enjoyed being surrounded by family and friends and knowing that we have a loving Heavenly Father and Savior who are always there for us and have given us so much. 

Tigger and Pooh Bear go Trick or Treating

Jonah really wanted to be Tigger for Halloween this year, and we were able to get our hands on a Winnie the Pooh costume for Wyatt.  So, our trick or treating was straight from Pooh Corner.  We went to the ward Trunk or Treat and had dinner and did some trunk or treating.  Then, on Halloween we went to both grandparents homes and trick or treated there.  It was a fun night.  We wish Treven and Ady could have been with us, but they were at their Mom’s this year.

Union Train Station

  

Today we decided to tour the Union Station in Ogden.  We did not know, but it was like the ultimate free day and so not only did we get to tour the train museum, but we also got to tour the Browning gun and car museums as well.  Wyatt slept most of the time, Jonah only slowed down to watch an electric train move around, and the rest of us were fascinated by the trains, cars, and guns.  It was a really fun day for us to drive up there and spend a couple of hours.